Hirden
Sign in to saveHirden (the hird) was a uniformed paramilitary organisation during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, modelled the same way as the German Sturmabteilungen.
Key facts
- Government agency.agency_name
- Hirden
- Government agency.type
- organization
- Government agency.logo
- Hirden insignia.svg
- Government agency.logo_width
- 200px
- Government agency.logo_caption
- The insignia of the Hirden
- Government agency.picture
- Vidkun Quisling og Oliver Møystad (hirdsjef og sjef for sikkerhetspolitiet) inspiserer Rikshirden.jpg
- Government agency.picture_width
- 220px
- Government agency.picture_caption
- Vidkun Quisling and Oliver Møystad inspecting Rikshirden.
- Government agency.formed
- 1940
- Government agency.dissolved
- 1945
- Government agency.jurisdiction
- German-occupied Norway
- Government agency.headquarters
- Hirdens hus, Oslo
- Government agency.agency_type
- Paramilitary
- Government agency.parent_agency
- Nasjonal Samling
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- List of Hirden branches
- Main Hirden organisations
- Related organisations not directly subject to the Rikshirden
- Youth organisations with Hirden names
- Gallery
- Ranks and rank insignia
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Hirden (the hird) was a uniformed paramilitary organisation during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, modelled the same way as the German Sturmabteilungen.
==Overview== Vidkun Quisling's fascist party Nasjonal Samling frequently used words and symbols from the old Norse Viking era. During the Second World War, membership was compulsory for all Nasjonal Samling members. In total, about 8,500 Norwegians were members of Hirden during the war. The organisation was dissolved after the liberation, and many of its former members were prosecuted and convicted for treason and collaboration.